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Early Childhood in Delaware

Early Childhood in Delaware. Verna Thompson Early Development and Learning Resources EDLR Office. Early Childhood in Delaware Overview. Early Success Interagency Resource Management Committee Race to the Top Early Learning Foundations. Early Success: Delaware’s Early Childhood Plan.

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Early Childhood in Delaware

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  1. Early Childhood in Delaware Verna Thompson Early Development and Learning Resources EDLR Office

  2. Early Childhood in Delaware Overview • Early Success • Interagency Resource Management Committee • Race to the Top • Early Learning Foundations

  3. Early Success: Delaware’s Early Childhood Plan

  4. Early Success in Delaware Ready + Ready Early Care + Ready + Ready = Ready Families & Education Schools Communities Children

  5. Interagency Resource Management Council

  6. DHSS DOE DSCYF Office of Early Education: Council; Prof Development Credentialing; Competencies Institute for Excellence in EC ECAP PAT HS Collaboration Office IDEA 619 Early Childhood Work Group Early Lrng Gdlns; Accountability EC-PBS Data: DELSIS/e-School Child Care Admin. CCDBG TANF Link Part C Child Find Transition Public Health Clinics Screening Child Identifca. Data: ISIS Child Care Licensing Early Intervention Office Child Mental Health Foster Care Data: FACTS

  7. Early Learning Challenge Grant Overview • Delaware awarded $49.9 million • Delaware 1 of 9 states to receive the grant • Grant to be implemented between 2012-2015 • Focus is on the “Whole Child” Birth to Five

  8. Early Learning Challenge GrantFour Main Objectives • Strengthen the QRIS (DE Stars) for EC programs • Improve quality of instruction, services • Address needs of whole child B-5 • Health, social-emotional and development • Build a professional, effective EC workforce • Bolster alignment with the K-12 system • Measure and improve kindergarten readiness

  9. Overview of Objectives Delaware’s strategy is to focus grant efforts on areas that have high impact for children Strengthen Stars Professional Workforce Whole Child Align K-12 • Participation • Awareness • Supports • Alignment • Credentials • Compensation • Supports • Home Visiting • Help Me Grow • Kindergarten • Entry • RTTT • Transition Across all areas, direct greatest resources and focus toward the children, families, and programs.

  10. 1. Strengthen Delaware Stars QRIS 49% of grant funds designated to QRIS to: • Improve program quality • Increase tiered reimbursement and subsidy • Provide coordinated & targeted TA • Increase number of programs participating • Increase number of high need children in high quality centers • Promote parent awareness of DE Stars

  11. 1. Strengthen Delaware Stars QRIS • Five Quality Tiers • Tier 1 – OCCL Licensing • Tier 5 – Highest Tier of Quality • Four Dimensions (Inclusion is embedded in all) • Learning Environments • Family and Community Partnerships • Professional Development • Qualifications • Management and Administration

  12. 1. Strengthen Delaware Stars QRIS DE Stars Participation Targets in Top Tiers by 2015: • 100% of child care centers • 45% family child cares • 100% Head Start and ECAP centers • 50% of programs funded by IDEA Part B 619 • 50% of programs enrolled by IDEA Part C children • 50% programs funded by Title 1 • 55% programs funded by CCDF (POC)

  13. 2. Children’s Birth to 5 Health, Social-Emotional, Development Needs 8% of funds designated to provide: • Expanded early comprehensive screening • Mental health, behavioral and nutritional supports • Expanded use of evidence-based home visiting in high needs areas • Coordinating services across sectors Provided through Help Me Grow initiative

  14. 3. Build a Professional, Effective Workforce of Early Childhood Educators. 28% of funds designated to include: • Access to high-quality professional development • Compensation to support recruitment & retention • Revised career ladder for EC • Workforce leadership development • Higher education partnership • Full alignment of 2 and 4 year programs with EC standards & competencies

  15. 4. Bolster alignment with K-12 system To measure & improve kindergarten readiness 12% of funds designated • Align shared goals between EC and K-12 • Plan and implement statewide kindergarten entry assessment • To inform instruction in K • To provide data to assess outcomes of EC system • Align Early Learning Foundations with Common Core • Strengthen connections between schools and ECE programs

  16. Delaware Early Learning Foundations

  17. Delaware Early Learning Foundations • Revised in 2010 • Process • Stakeholders Group • Expert Review – Dr. Catherine Scott-Little • Developmentally, Linguistically, culturally appropriate • Alignment • K-12 Standards • Common Core Standards • Alignment to OSEP Child outcomes • OCCL child care regulations • ELF for planning activities

  18. Early Learning Foundations

  19. Questions? • Comments?

  20. Make Two Master Slides Available • Secondary option also included as a master layout • Used for charts, tables, and any slide where the dark blue background doesn’t work

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